[vorbis] Interactive RC3 quality analysis graphs

[Nicola Larosa]

 >> People are seriously bothering to ABX/expect any kind of quality from -q
 >> 0?  The 'fuck it, there's no hope, just chop bits off' mode? Eek.

Monty, how can you be so good at choosing which bits to chop off? :^)

<p> > You mean the virtually transparent to the unskilled / casual listener
 > mode?
 > I consider myself to have better than average ears, yet I really have
 > to listen carefully back and forth to hear the difference between -q0
 > and original. -q0 Vorbis seems a little duller on the track I just tried,
 > but it's barely noticable, and for those who consider WMA at 48k
 > "near-CD quality", I doubt most people would really care.
 >
 > Tune that a little more, and you have one heckuvan audio codec. But we all
 > knew that already.

That's *exactly* how I feel (yes, I now I already said that, sorry, can't
resist). I encode at -q 4.99 just in case, but will be *very* happy to peel
down to -q 0 the files for a portable player (Nex-II anyone?).

Can't wait to hear that -q -3 mode in RC4... ;^)

<p> > Monty rocks...

Monty, you really, hugely rock. May I call you Mr. Vorbis (see below)?

<p>
-- 
"MP3 the king is a mighty warrior, but he's showing new wounds.
Ogg [Vorbis] is the successor to the throne ... In this case,
Open Source is not a compromise; Vorbis is the best out there."
-- Monty (Mr. Vorbis) on Slashdot

Nicola Larosa - nico at tekNico.net

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